For a period of 25 minutes after lunch, England had not scored a run. India had bowled five maidens on the trot. The packed crowd at the Oval was getting restless as the scoreboard was motionless on 68-1. Then, finally the opportunity was created. Ishant Sharma squared up Alistair Cook, found the edge, but Ajinkya Rahane standing at gully spilled the low chance. Next over, another chance was created by Jasprit Bumrah. This time, Virat Kohli was the guilty party as he dropped Moeen Ali on two.

It was such moments that India had failed to capitalise on throughout the series and England finished the opening day of the fifth Test on 198-7 which they will surely be unhappy about.